The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
Finland's military was designed with threats from Russia in mind. Leon Neal/Getty Images Finland's president outlined the ways the country is ready for a Russian attack. He pointed to elements like ci...
Israel announced it would reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for pedestrians once it recovers the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. This limited reopening is part...
Internet access was partially restored in Iran after two weeks of blackout during the anti-government protests which authorities violently cracked down on. This partial access allowed thousands of vid...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to Davos. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to call out President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum. Newsom has been a vocal...
Pippa Malmgren, chief executive of Geopolitica Institute, reports from Greenland on why the Arctic is now at the center of the geopolitical chessboard — from US claims that it needs to take over...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on January 22 blasted the EU's lack of "political will" in countering Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a fiery address criticising some of Kyiv's top allies...
While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to elaborate on his newly proposed "board of peace," reportedly established to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas. The initiativ...
Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the author of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, an award-winning book exploring the impact of ...
European Union lawmakers on January 21 to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. The dea...
The US President Donald Trump is on his way to the Davos World Economic Forum. He is not expecting a warm reception from many of his European allies who are in attendance, who are opposing his attempt...
As US President Donald Trump’s tariff increases have roiled global markets and strained America’s alliances in recent months, China has been pursuing the opposite strategy: keeping import duties low a...
Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi on Friday to tackle the vital issue of territory, with no sign of a compromise, as Russian air strikes plunged Ukraine into its worst energy crisis...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was questioned for the second day as part of her appeal trial regarding accusations of embezzlement of EU funds by her party for several years. The morning starte...
Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...
Emmanuel Macron is convening an emergency defence cabinet to discuss Donald's Trump's intent to acquire Greenland and Iran's brutal crackdown on mass protests. For in-depth analysis and insight, Oli...